@article {1839, title = {Atlas of European millipedes 3: Order Chordeumatida (Class Diplopoda)}, journal = {European Journal of Taxonomy}, year = {2021}, month = {22/09/2021}, pages = {1-244}, type = {Monograph}, abstract = {

For each of the 534 species of the millipede order Chordeumatida known from Europe, available information on taxonomy, distribution and habitat is summarized, and the distribution in 50 \× 50 km UTM/MGRS squares is shown on a map. Comparisons between Chordeumatida and the equally-sized order Julida are made with respect to distribution patterns and history of exploration.

Recommended citation: Kime, R. D. \& H. Enghoff (2021): Atlas of European millipedes 3: Order Chordeumatida (Class Diplopoda). European Journal of Taxonomy, 769, 1-244. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.769.1497

}, keywords = {distribution, faunistics, map, MGRS, Taxonomy, UTM}, issn = {2118-9773}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.769.1497}, url = {https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1497}, author = {Kime, Richard Desmond and Enghoff, Henrik} } @article {1838, title = {Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda)}, journal = {European Journal of Taxonomy}, year = {2017}, month = {29/08/2017}, pages = {1-299}, type = {Monograph}, abstract = {

For each of the 593 species of the millipede order Julida known from Europe, available information on taxonomy, distribution and habitat is summarized, and the distribution in 50 \× 50 km UTM squares is shown on a map.

Recommended citation: Kime, R. D. \& H. Enghoff (2017): Atlas of European millipedes 2: Order Julida (Class Diplopoda). European Journal of Taxonomy, 346: 1-299. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.346

}, keywords = {distribution, faunistics, map, Taxonomy, UTM}, issn = {2118-9773}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.346}, url = {https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/471}, author = {Kime, Richard Desmond and Enghoff, Henrik} } @article {1781, title = {A revision of the Thyropygus allevatus group. Part V: Nine new species of the extended opinatus subgroup, based on morphological and DNA sequence data (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Harpagophoridae)}, journal = {European Journal of Taxonomy}, volume = {199}, year = {2016}, month = {24/05/2016}, pages = {1-37}, type = {Research Article}, abstract = {

The Thyropygus opinatus subgroup (Diplopoda: Harpagophoridae) of the T. allevatus group in Thailand is revised. Based on a phylogenetic analysis of mtDNA sequence data, it is merged with the T. bifurcus subgroup to form an extended T. opinatus subgroup. Nine new species are described: Thyropygus cimi sp. nov. and T. forceps sp. nov. from Nakhonsrithammarat Province, T. culter sp. nov., T. planispina sp. nov., T. undulatus sp. nov. and T. ursus sp. nov. from Krabi Province, T. mesocristatus sp. nov. from Songkhla Province, T. navychula sp. nov. from Phang-Nga Province and T. sutchariti sp. nov. from Phetchaburi Province.

}, keywords = {DNA barcoding, millipedes, new species, phylogeny, Thailand}, issn = {2118-9773}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.199}, url = {https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/322}, author = {Pimvichai, Piyatida and Enghoff, Henrik and Panha, Somsak and Backeljau, Thierry} } @article {1416, title = {Integrative description of new giant pill-millipedes from southern Thailand (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zephroniidae)}, journal = {European Journal of Taxonomy}, volume = {762}, year = {2021}, month = {11/08/2021}, pages = {108-132}, abstract = {

Two new species of giant pill-millipedes, Zephronia viridisoma Rosenmejer \& Wesener sp. nov. and Sphaerobelum aesculus Rosenmejer \& Wesener sp. nov., are described based on museum samples from southern Thailand. Zephronia viridisoma sp.\ nov. comes from Khao Lak, while the type locality of S. aesculus sp.\ nov. is on Phuket Island. Both species are described integratively, combining light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, multi-layer photography, micro-CT scans and genetic barcoding. Genetic barcoding was successfully conducted for holotypes of both new species, which could be added to a dataset of all published sequences of the family Zephroniidae, including all described species from Thailand, Laos and Cambodia up to 2020. Genetic barcoding of the COI gene revealed another female of S. aesculus sp.\ nov., 160 km east of the type locality. Both new species are genetically distant from all other Zephroniidae from Thailand and surrounding countries, showing uncorrected p-distances of 16.8\–23.1\%. A virtual cybertype of a paratype of Z. viridisoma sp.\ nov. was created and made publically accessible.

}, keywords = {biodiversity, CT scan, cybertype, DNA barcoding, Soil fauna}, issn = {2118-9773}, doi = {10.5852/ejt.2021.762.1457}, url = {https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1457}, author = {Rosenmejer, Trine and Enghoff, Henrik and Moritz, Leif and Wesener, Thomas} } @article {1414, title = {Electrocambalidae fam.~nov., a new family of Cambalidea from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida)}, journal = {European Journal of Taxonomy}, volume = {755}, year = {2021}, month = {17/06/2021}, pages = {22-46}, abstract = {

A new family, Electrocambalidae fam.\ nov. of the suborder Cambalidea is described from Cretaceous Burmese amber based on two new genera, Electrocambala gen.\ nov. and Kachincambala gen.\ nov. with four new species, Electrocambala ornata gen. et sp.\ nov., E.\ cretacea gen. et sp.\ nov., Kachincambala muelleri gen. et sp.\ nov. and K.\ distorta gen. et sp.\ nov. The specimens are described combining classical light microscopy with drawings and photography, and modern micro-computed tomography (\μCT). Morphological characters otherwise obscured are examined and visualized by creating volume renderings and 3D-segmentations from \μCT data. Electrocambalidae fam.\ nov. is characterized by the following character combination: (1) a forward shift of leg pair 3, resulting in an apparently legless 3rd body ring, (2) presence of metazonital setae, and (3) extensive pilosity on the head. Although some of these characters are shared with other Juliformia they are unique in this combination. The described fossils are the oldest and first Mesozoic Spirostreptida and Cambalidea known and ca 70 million years older than previous records of the group.

}, keywords = {Evolution, fossil, gonopods, micro-CT, Myanmar}, issn = {2118-9773}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1397}, url = {https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1397}, author = {Moritz, Leif and Wesener, Thomas} } @article {1207, title = {Seven new giant pill-millipede species and numerous new records of the genus Zoosphaerium from Madagascar (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Arthrosphaeridae)}, journal = {European Journal of Taxonomy}, volume = {758}, year = {2021}, month = {06/07/2021}, pages = {1-48}, abstract = {

Seven new species of the giant pill-millipede genus Zoosphaerium Pocock, 1895 are described from Madagascar: Z. nigrum sp. nov., Z. silens sp. nov., Z. ambatovaky sp. nov., Z. beanka sp. nov., Z. voahangy sp. nov., Z. masoala sp. nov. and Z. spinopiligerum sp. nov. All species are described based on drawings and scanning electron microscopy, while genetic barcoding of the COI gene was successful for six of the seven new species. Additional COI barcode information is provided for the first time for Z. album Wesener, 2009 and Z. libidinosum (de Saussure \& Zehntner, 1897). Zoosphaerium nigrum sp. nov. and Z. silens sp. nov. belong to the Z. libidinosum species-group, Z. ambatovaky sp. nov. to the Z. coquerelianum species-group, Z. beanka sp. nov., Z. voahangy sp. nov. and Z. masoala sp. nov. to the Z. platylabum species-group and Z. spinopiligerum sp. nov. to the Z. piligerum species-group. Updated identification keys are provided for each species-group. Two western dry forest species, Z. silens sp. nov. and Z. voahangy sp. nov. are recorded from two localities, while the other five species are currently only known from their type localities. Of special conservation concern might be Z. ambatovaky sp. nov. from the lowland rainforest fragment of Ambatovaky, a nowadays isolated lowland rainforest, rapidly shrinking due to slash and burn agriculture. In addition to the new species, new locality data is provided for 11 species and numerous unidentifiable species of Zoosphaerium: Z. neptunus (Butler, 1872), Z. platylabum (de Saussure \& Zehntner, 1902) and Z. piligerum (de Saussure \& Zehntner, 1897) from the central eastern montane forests, as well as Z. ambrense Wesener, 2009, Z. aureum Wesener, 2009, Z. libidinosum, Z. corystoides Wesener, 2009, Z. discolor Wesener, 2009, Z. smaragdinum Wesener, 2009, Z. villosum Wesener \& Sierwald, 2005 and Microsphaerotherium anjozorobe Wesener, 2009.

}, keywords = {dry forest, forest fragments, Microendemism, soil arthropod, Tsingy}, issn = {2118-9773}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.758.1423}, url = {https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1423}, author = {Wesener, Thomas and Sagorny, Christina} } @article {1205, title = {Sechelleptus arborivagus sp. nov., a new arboreal spirostreptid millipede (Diplopoda, Spirostreptidae) endemic to Mayotte Island (Comoros Archipelago), Indian Ocean}, journal = {European Journal of Taxonomy}, volume = {755}, year = {2021}, month = {16/06/2021}, pages = {1-21}, abstract = {

A new millipede species of the genus Sechelleptus Mauri\ès, 1980 is described and illustrated from Mayotte Island, Indian Ocean. This new species, S. arborivagus sp. nov., found on trees, looks particularly similar to the sympatric S. variabilis VandenSpiegel \& Golovatch, 2007, but is much larger and has a very different ecological behavior. Phylogenetic analyses based on a concatenated dataset of the COI and 16S rRNA genes and including nine species of Spirostreptidae (including Sechelleptus, Doratogonus Attems, 1914, Bicoxidens Attems, 1928 and Spirostreptus Brandt, 1833), strongly support the monophyly of Sechelleptus. Despite the similarity of their genitalia, the molecular analyses also reveal a clear-cut genetic divergence between S. arborivagus sp. nov. and S. variabilis (22.55\% for COI and 6.63\% for 16SrRNA) and further suggest the presence of a higher diversity within the genus Sechelleptus on Mayotte.

}, keywords = {Comoros archipelagos, new species, phylogeny, Taxonomy}, issn = {2118-9773}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.755.1395}, url = {https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1395}, author = {VandenSpiegel, Didier and Henrard, Arnaud and Mathys, Aurore} } @article {897, title = {Dichromatobolus, a new genus of spirobolidan millipedes from Madagascar (Spirobolida, Pachybolidae)}, journal = {European Journal of Taxonomy}, volume = {720}, year = {2020}, month = {12/10/2020}, pages = {107-120}, abstract = {

A new genus, Dichromatobolus gen. nov., belonging to the genus-rich mainly southern hemisphere family Pachybolidae of the order Spirobolida, is described based on D. elephantulus gen. et sp. nov., illustrated with color pictures, line drawings, and scanning electron micrographs. The species is recorded from the spiny bush of southwestern Madagascar. Dichromatobolus elephantulus gen. et sp. nov. shows an unusual color pattern, sexual dichromatism with males being red with black legs and females being grey. Males seem to be more surface active, as mainly males were collected with pitfall traps. Females mainly come from the pet trade. The body of this species is short and very wide, being only 8 times longer than wide in the males. Live observations show the species is a very slow mover, digging in loose soil almost as fast as walking on the surface. The posterior gonopods of Dichromatobolus gen. nov. are unusually simple and well-rounded, displaying some similarities to the genera Corallobolus Wesener, 2009 and Granitobolus Wesener, 2009, from which the new genus differs in numerous other characters, e.g., size, anterior gonopods and habitus. Despite several attempts with fresh tissue samples and different primers, molecular barcoding did not work for Dichromatobolus gen. nov. Any relationships to the other 15 genera of Pachybolidae indigenous to Madagascar remain unknown.

}, keywords = {biodiversity, Mahafaly Plateau, sexual color dimorphism, soil arthropod, spiny forest}, issn = {2118-9773}, doi = {10.5852/ejt.2020.720.1119}, url = {https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1119}, author = {Wesener, Thomas} } @article {893, title = {A mountain of millipedes IX: Species of the family Gomphodesmidae from the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania (Diplopoda, Polydesmida)}, journal = {European Journal of Taxonomy}, year = {2020}, month = {29/06/2020}, pages = {1-35}, abstract = {

A new genus and six new species of the family Gomphodesmidae from the Udzungwa Mts are described, including Pogoro alopias Rosenmejer \& Enghoff sp. nov., Pogoro siren Rosenmejer \& Enghoff sp. nov., Pogoropsis prolixopes Rosenmejer \& Enghoff gen. et sp. nov., Emphysemastix frampt Olsen \& Enghoff sp. nov., Agrophogonus hamulus Olsen \& Enghoff sp. nov., and Agrophogonus pusillokiellandi Olsen \& Enghoff sp. nov. Emphysemastix dracarys Olsen \& Enghoff sp. nov. from Iringa city is described. Descriptive notes are given for Pogoro scharffi Hoffman, 2005, and Agrophogonus mwanihana Hoffmann, 2005. General gomphodesmid gonopod morphology is described and illustrated. A key to Udzungwa gomphodesmids is presented, as well as revised keys to all species of Emphysemastix and Agrophogonus. All gomphodesmid species from the Udzungwa Mts are mapped.

}, keywords = {Eastern Arc Mountains, key, new species, Taxonomy}, issn = {2118-9773}, doi = {10.5852/ejt.2020.675}, url = {https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1005}, author = {Olsen, Sissel Anna and Rosenmejer, Trine and Enghoff, Henrik} } @article {892, title = {A mountain of millipedes VIII. The genus Aquattuor Frederiksen, 2013 revisited {\textendash} a new species from the Udzungwa Mts, Tanzania, another from the Nguru Mts and introduction of the first pair of male legs as a source of taxonomic characters}, journal = {European Journal of Taxonomy}, year = {2020}, month = {14/04/2020}, pages = {1-32}, abstract = {

Full title: A mountain of millipedes VIII. The genus Aquattuor Frederiksen, 2013 revisited \– a new species from the Udzungwa Mts, Tanzania, another from the Nguru Mts and introduction of the first pair of male legs as a source of taxonomic characters (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Odontopygidae)

A large, newly collected material of the genus Aquattuor from the Udzungwa Mts, Tanzania, has been studied. Two new species are described, viz., A. mollilobus sp. nov. from the Udzungwa Mts and A. nguruensis sp. nov. from the Nguru Mts, Tanzania. Aquattuor claudiahempae Enghoff \& Frederiksen, 2015, is recorded as new for the Udzungwa fauna. Characters from the first pair of male legs are illustrated for all Aquattuor species and are shown to be useful for species discrimination. A new gonopodal difference between A. submajor Enghoff, 2015 and A. udzungwensis Enghoff, 2015 is described and illustrated. Intrageneric relationships and distribution patterns are discussed. A distribution map and a key to all Aquattuor species are presented.

}, keywords = {Eastern Arc, identification key, new species, Taxonomy}, issn = {2118-9773}, doi = {10.5852/ejt.2020.626}, url = {https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/901}, author = {Enghoff, Henrik} } @article {891, title = {A strikingly coloured new giant millipede from Vietnam has copycat in Borneo (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Harpagophoridae)}, journal = {European Journal of Taxonomy}, volume = {722}, year = {2020}, month = {20/10/2020}, pages = {1-15}, abstract = {

A new giant species of the subfamily Rhynchoproctinae with strikingly bi-coloured, red-yellow legs contrasting with a black body is described: Alienostreptus bicoloripes sp. nov. from Vietnam. The new species is assigned to the genus Alienostreptus Pimvichai, Enghoff \& Panha, 2010 hitherto comprising one species, A. alienus (Attems, 1936), and differing from other rhynchoproctine genera by having the femoral spine duplicated. Species of this genus share three synapomorphic characters of the subfamily, viz (1) anterior coxal fold forms deep concavity in posterior view, (2) posterior coxal fold very low, and (3) posterior coxal fold with mesal flap. A superficially very similar colourful species from Borneo, also with bi-coloured legs but clearly not belonging to Alienostreptus due to the position of ventral soft pads on male legs, is documented based on photographs.

}, keywords = {new species, Southeast Asia, Taxonomy}, issn = {2118-9773}, doi = {10.5852/ejt.2020.722.1129}, url = {https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1129}, author = {Pimvichai, Piyatida and Akkari, Nesrine and Semenyuk, Irina and Constant, Jer{\^o}me and Enghoff, Henrik} } @article {853, title = {The millipede genus Leucogeorgia Verhoeff, 1930 in the Caucasus, with descriptions of eleven new species, erection of a new monotypic genus and notes on the tribe Leucogeorgiini (Diplopoda: Julida: Julidae)}, journal = {European Journal of Taxonomy}, year = {2020}, month = {07/09/2020}, abstract = {

The Caucasian leucogeorgiinine genera Archileucogeorgia Lohmander, 1936 and Leucogeorgia Verhoeff, 1930 are revised, with Leucogeorgia being considered as a senior subjective synonym of Archileucogeorgia, syn. nov. The following new combinations are thus warranted: Leucogeorgia abchasica (Lohmander, 1936) and L. satunini (Lohmander, 1936), both comb. nov. ex Archileucogeorgia. All four previously described species, viz., L. longipes Verhoeff, 1930, L. abchasica, L. satunini and L. rediviva Golovatch, 1983, are redescribed based on new material, partly also on the type series, with a lectotype being designated for L. longipes. In addition, eleven new species of Leucogeorgia are described, both with normal (L. borealis sp. nov., L. gioi sp. nov., L. golovatchi sp. nov., L. lobata sp. nov., L. oculata sp. nov. and L. prometheus sp. nov.) and modified mouthparts (L. caudata sp. nov., L. mystax sp. nov., L. profunda sp. nov., L. redivivoides sp. nov. and L. turbanovi sp. nov., all clearly troglobionts). Additionally, a new monotypic genus, Martvilia gen. nov., is erected, with M. parva gen. et sp. nov. as the type species, another presumed troglobiont. An identification key to both genera and all 16 species of Caucasian Leucogeorgiini is presented. Several other members of this tribe are also re-examined, including a syntype male of Telsonius nycteridonis Strasser, 1976, from Greece, herewith designated as the lectotype. Troglomorphisms and mouthpart modifications, as well as the distributions and relationships within both Leucogeorgia and Leucogeorgiini, and a Leucogeorgiini species richness estimate for the western Caucasus are discussed.

}, keywords = {leucogeorgiinines, modified mouthparts, Taxonomy, troglomorphism, Western Caucasus}, issn = {2118-9773}, doi = {10.5852/ejt.2020.713}, url = {https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1085}, author = {Dragan {\v Z}. Anti{\'c} and Reip, Hans S.} } @article {843, title = {The first blind spirostreptid millipede, found in a cave in Morocco; with notes on the genus Odontostreptus Attems, 1914 (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Spirostreptidae)}, journal = {European Journal of Taxonomy}, year = {2020}, month = {17/06/2020}, pages = {1-11}, abstract = {

The first eyeless species of the suborder Spirostreptidea, Odontostreptus fadriquei sp. nov., is described from a cave in Morocco. The new species, which exhibits some troglomorphic traits, is compared with the highly variable O. maroccanus (Attems, 1914) of which new material is presented.

}, keywords = {caves, North Africa, Taxonomy, troglobiont}, issn = {2118-9773}, doi = {10.5852/ejt.2020.668}, url = {https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/985}, author = {Enghoff, Henrik and Reboleira, Ana Sofia} } @article {542, title = {A revision and phylogenetic analysis of the millipede genus Oxidus Cook, 1911 (Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae)}, journal = {European Journal of Taxonomy}, number = {293}, year = {2017}, month = {mar}, pages = {1{\textendash}22}, abstract = {

The genus Oxidus Cook, 1911 is revised to contain five species, O. avia (Verhoeff, 1937), O. gigas (Attems, 1953), O. gracilis (C.L. Koch, 1847), O. riukiaria (Verhoeff, 1940), and \“species inquirenda\” O. obtusus (Takakuwa, 1942). A cosmopolitan species, O. gracilis, is widely found in temperate and sub-tropical regions over the world, but other species have limited distribution in restricted regions, e.g., O. gigas in northern Vietnam, O. riukiaria and O. avia in the Ryukyu Islands (Japan). Four species, O. gracilis, O. riukiaria, O. avia and O. gigas, are confirmed as different from each other in gonopod characters, coloration and body size. The status of the last species, O. obtusus, is still doubtful and requires examination of further fresh material. The phylogenetic relationships among species of Oxidus is analyzed using two fragments of the mitochondrial genes COI (Cytochrome c Oxidase subunit I) and 16S rRNA. Three species of Oxidus are clearly separated from each other; O. gigas and O. gracilis form a monophyletic sister group with O. riukiaria. The genus Oxidus is also monophyletic and more closely related to the genus Tylopus Jeekel, 1968 than to the genera Sellanucheza Enghoff, Golovatch \& Nguyen, 2004 or Kronopolites Attems, 1914. In addition, an identification key to species of Oxidus is provided.

}, keywords = {Diplopoda, millipedes, molecular phylogeny, Oxidus, Revision}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.293}, url = {https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/issue/view/299}, author = {Nguyen, Anh D. and Kors{\'o}s, Zolt{\'a}n and Jang, Kuem-Hee and Hwang, Ui-Wook} } @article {532, title = {A new green-coloured Lusitanipus Mauri{\`e}s, 1978 from the Iberian Peninsula (Diplopoda: Callipodida: Dorypetalidae)}, journal = {European Journal of Taxonomy}, volume = {714}, year = {2020}, month = {08/09/2020}, pages = {1-14}, abstract = {

Recent samplings in cavities of the Iberian Peninsula led to the discovery of a new millipede species of the order Callipodida in one cave in the region of El Bierzo (Le\ón, Spain): Lusitanipus xanin sp. nov. In additional samplings (near that cave), more specimens of this new species were discovered in surface habitats. The species has various distinctive characteristics, such as its green colour, but the morphology of the gonopod has several similarities with that of Lusitanipus alternans (Verhoeff, 1893), indicating a close relationship between them. The diagnosis of the genus Lusitanipus Mauri\ès, 1978 has to be changed to accommodate the new species. The presence of crests in two different sizes is no longer a diagnostic character of the genus Lusitanipus, but of the species L. alternans. Lusitanipus xanin sp. nov. is the fourth species of the order Callipodida for the Iberian Peninsula, and the second species for the genus. Lusitanipus xanin sp. nov. seems to be an epigean but troglophile species.

}, keywords = {El Bierzo, Myriapoda, new species, troglophile, Xan{\'\i}n}, issn = {2118-9773}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.714}, url = {https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1087}, author = {Jos{\'e} D. Gilgado and Mart{\'\i}nez-Pillado, Virginia and Prieto, Carlos E.} } @article {436, title = {Integrative description of two new species of Malagasy chirping giant pill-millipedes, genus Sphaeromimus (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Arthrosphaeridae)}, journal = {European Journal of Taxonomy}, volume = {381}, year = {2017}, month = {15/12/2017}, pages = {1-25}, abstract = {

The species-rich giant pill-millipedes (Sphaerotheriida) often represent a microendemic component of Madagascar\’s mega-invertebrate fauna. Of the chirping genus Sphaeromimus de Saussure \& Zehntner, 1902, ten species have been described. Here, we describe two new species of Sphaeromimus integratively, combining light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, DNA barcoding and micro-CT technology for the first time in a taxonomic description of a giant pill-millipede. S. kalambatritra sp. nov. and S. midongy sp. nov. are the first giant pill-millipedes collected and described from the mountainous rainforests of Kalambatritra and Midongy. Both species show island gigantism compared to their congeners. Our analysis of the mitochondrial COI gene shows that the two species are related to one another with a moderate genetic distance (9.4\%), while they are more closely related to an undetermined specimen from the forest of Vevembe (6.3\% and 8.4\%). They stand in a basal position with S. ivohibe Wesener, 2014 and S. musicus (de Saussure \& Zehntner, 1897). The four aforementioned species share a high number of stridulation ribs on the male harp. Our micro-CT analysis provides a look into the head of S. kalambatritra sp. nov. and shows that non-destructive CT methods are a useful tool for studying the inner morphology of giant pill-millipedes.

}, keywords = {biodiversity, COI, island gigantism, Kalambatritra, Midongy}, issn = {2118-9773}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.381}, url = {https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/506}, author = {Moritz, Leif and Wesener, Thomas} } @article {351, title = {New species of Troglomyces and Diplopodomyces (Laboulbeniales, Ascomycota) from millipedes (Diplopoda)}, journal = {European Journal of Taxonomy}, year = {2018}, month = {27/04/2018}, pages = {1-20}, abstract = {

We describe five new species of fungi of the order Laboulbeniales Lindau growing on millipedes and belonging to the genera Diplopodomyces W.Rossi\ \& Balazuc and Troglomyces S.Colla. Three new species of Diplopodomyces, viz. Diplopodomyces coronatus Santam., Enghoff\ \& Reboleira sp. nov. living on Serboiulus spelaeophilus Gulicka, 1967 from Bulgarian caves, Diplopodomyces liguliphorus Santam., Enghoff\ \& Reboleira sp. nov. on an unidentified species of Spirobolida from Sri Lanka, and Diplopodomyces ramosus Santam., Enghoff\ \& Reboleira sp. nov. on Pachyiulus spp. from Turkey, Macedonia and Serbia; and two new species of Troglomyces, viz. Troglomyces dioicus Santam., Enghoff\ \& Reboleira sp. nov. on Nepalmatoiulus sp. from Myanmar, and Troglomyces tetralabiatus Santam., Enghoff\ \& Reboleira sp. nov. on Caucaseuma Strasser, 1970 and Heterocaucaseuma Anti{\'c} \& Makarov, 2016 from caves in Western Caucasus. Troglomyces dioicus sp. nov. is the first dioecious species described in the genus Troglomyces. Keys for all hitherto known species of Diplopodomyces and Troglomyces are presented, as is a discussion of the status of both genera. Additional records for Diplopodomyces lusitanipodos Santam., Enghoff\ \& Reboleira and Troglomyces manfrediae S.Colla are also included.

}, keywords = {Diplopodomyces, identification keys, Laboulbeniales, millipedes, Troglomyces}, issn = {2118-9773}, doi = {10.5852/ejt.2018.429}, url = {http://www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/558}, author = {Santamar{\'\i}a, Sergi and Enghoff, Henrik and Reboleira, Ana Sofia P.S.} }